Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-14
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II 4 HEEKEA

~ anv person vii 50 into Ar. Al
s,s's bess field. Or that q my own
s,seerenmery farm, and make q care
8, examination Of the crops q sugar
~ -. sherc growing We eannot fail
-. eanviuced that this soil and eli
- -. .re exactly suited for the pro-
5..t;ou q sugar from the beet. He
N tbere see 8 crop now growing dur
- shis dgiest weather with the tops
- 80 and tender, thus showing rapid
zth the roots crisp and solid The
~ $50 a growth has not arrived when
49, viI contain their maximum q
Esa - nor A. yet have attained their
- m growth, but the unmistable signs |
~ - eresent Of a splendid crop.
when these mature. II . committee |
b IL q citizens interested in the deTesgp- |
r,ut Of this great industry. and this |
r. 80 country with il, would call and /
sr,mipe these two crops, I viii under /
80 70 say they would find a crop Of l
i sse ~ les than thirty tons per acre, land \
fhelieye more) and that would yield /
envway nine per cent. OF pure white Il
~rsnulated sugar. and believe over
|aexSN sens in other words, nearly II not quite Il
- IT thousand pounds Of sugar per acre.
Nor il this all The refuse Of the
lem Aeets raised on this acre would nearly l.
~nrly Gov with the necessary sue Il
|aaam @nIent food for winter, or, for that
|num~ ,nafter also in summer--rnake pure
-: - milk or juicy beef, or even fatten
r. 49, r-,rt. In . word, Is valuable for nearly Il
W N purposes Of feeding upon the farm.
IN 1s Isag with my own eyes, when IN Ger
I8H many two year, ago, the latest oxen,
eN44 fhe sieekest milk COWS and the most
thrifty growing young stock that ever
came under my notice, fed IN great Il
part on this offal from the beet sugar
iaetories visited
cunousIy enough, the statistics
proved that the more sugar made in q
rven area Of country, the more stock
could be and was kept, the more beef Il,
mutton, pork, cheese and butter made,
|fCha~ and, a. : sequence, more thrift among II
the people prevailed. The time viii
come when our people will awake to
IL g. he importance Of this interest, and
K = wben sugar factories viii be built in
rreat numbers In our midst The Il,
sugar-producing belt has for the last
third Of q century been creeping north,
ard within the last twelve years taken
! leap 20 that now more than half the
worlds supply comes from the beet,
|faA@s& and from latitude once thought inn
Aae1 possible 10 which TO produce sugar Ii
Fred Templeton is fourteen years
Cd He i used 70 work as well as
play-mcanwhile he goes 20 school IN :
winter He writes me Of Oregon Of
AL many thiags Of interest a A. recent
AMM# letter from Halsey says: We have
IL i#2 rot al or hay IN the barns and had
shout 2 tons. Hay was worth from
three 10 ave dollars per Ion saw IN
Familiar Talks that It vas worth I
from gl7 to SIS per ton over there, - 3
10 Seattle. ID
Yes, we hare better market and (
De better price than In the interior, and {
As q consequences better price for land. I
Round about Haisey land is worth 5
from i've TO thirty dollars per acre, 4
while here il is all the way from ten 20 4 4
W two hundred dollars. All Of our inn
proved valley land IS worth anyway
nnHr -
|s8@~8 further on: We have got all our grain 1
- ia except our spring oats" From this !
remark about spring oats We are q
led to infer that "a over there they 3
|mmkm44 grow fall oats rs wei fall wheat I
Whether il is the mild climate that I
eallAN makes it possible 70 SOW oats in the {
n ri fall OF whether Il IS different and I
III e more hardy kind, We are not informed {
- bat ii Is certain there would be great {
gain 10 as Il We might safely SOW oats {
IN the fall instead Of spring. II
- Icannot refrain froU quoting fur
|rrs ther from this manly letter written by
4 how. He SAYS: q Our crops make
|i0I. - about fifteen dollars per acre, with ex
III penses" meaning that they gst ina.
much clear profit an acre. Win wheat j
Hf at IS cents per hushel, and yield Of
mbashels 20 the acre, cannot Wen
see how he foots up profit OF 80 per
acre even II there was nothing reck-
|aomH 0ned for ones own labor bestowed :
|aaia apon L. This Elusive method OF reck- !
|heth 0ning profit H. however, often prac- (
tieed by older heads than Freds, and
|HsAA which frequently deceives people into
|.mM8 the belief thst they are somehow richer /
Is than they are. Again: :" In the spring
- aAd fall we pillow four TO SIX inches 4
Is - deep but for summer blowing about
eiRht.iaehes" We here Rxactly re
|af1u* verse ths order, and pillow deep IN the !
|nm spring ana shallow IN summer; ten
inches in spFiBg and as shallow as We
|s.les esn aud have the plow stick TO the (
ground in summer
XII I'VE have got The best garden We
have had for long time. We selected a II
new spot last fall and MANFRED Il well. {
ETf The corn Is six feet high, black and
thrifty This 1 che FIRST year We everl
made slecszs Of watermelons; there
wn8M are some as big % my head and the
maskmelons are dong we'll That Is
|RHk the way to do it--manuge y well y yer
- want good garden. We toe. = Over II
here" have corn six feet high and
IA 1a,a black, and muskmel0ns coming on
|raaaiA 0ne can hardly imagine Thaf great
IL saf variety he can raise until after trying;
then tkcre Is so much pleasure u the
Ia. seeing garden grow. AfteT all there
Is but little difference u the things
|fE thai viii grow as between the Puget
|sns sound climate and that Of tie VILLAIN
eas cite where our correspondent lives,
Is II aAd We. too, can raise peaches ss ven
as over there.
|R Ihaye received a Aulaber Of inquiries
|k&N ~ late like the following, just come
iron, Oregon " Win you please give
me your Judgment ON what kind Of
hop press is Che best, the McCaee or
|.atn the Harris, and also give nls the price
~ ~ q said preSsesf"
~1N The Harris pIess ought - have bad
HAA he day long ago, aud should have been
thlng Of the past. II IS however, tbs
cheapest press made. the most reliable
and most speedy and economical q
II - any ever saw hut We ought not %
use press that requires tramptng IN
the hops like the Harris press / have
~ astnaliv known Eve cents Per pound
4 - difference in the salrahle prize II The
sane quality Of hops save this one
- thing-oaa was bF0ken. the ether
|1hN Whole The HcCAhe press has been
|HaiFM held az a high praee, has not, - q rule,
|ns heen reliahls-thAt i. has eften bro
sen-ahd has nS. gsyea dat general